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Subsidy design: wealth versus benefits

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  • Simona Grassi
  • Ching-to Ma

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  • Simona Grassi & Ching-to Ma, 2010. "Subsidy design: wealth versus benefits," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 101(1), pages 49-72, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:101:y:2010:i:1:p:49-72
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-010-0144-1
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    Keywords

    Subsidy design; Wealth-based policies; Benefit-based policies; Assignment set; Translation between subsidy policies; Equivalence between subsidy policies; Cost-effectiveness; Means-testing; H2 - Taxation; Subsidies; and Revenue; H42 - Publicly Provided Private Goods; H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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